Estonia Helps Georgia Reform its Public Radio-TV Company
22.02.2008
The Estonian Foreign Ministry is supporting consultations for Georgia’s national public radio-TV company (GTVR – Georgian TV and Radio) with 195,300 kroons. The sum is being allocated from the Foreign Ministry’s development and humanitarian aid budget.
According to Foreign Minister Urmas Paet, a democratic society with a market economy cannot function without free and balanced journalism. “Georgia has made remarkable steps towards reforming its civil society. Now it is important for them to continue implementing these changes, which include making their uneven media landscape more contemporary and European,” said Foreign Minister Paet.
Estonian Public Broadcasting (Eesti Rahvusringhääling – ERR) will consult on the reforms of Georgia’s public radio-TV company. The goals of the project are to evaluate GTVR’s risks, support the formation of a balanced media organisation appropriate to a democratic nation, and advise GTVR’s management and employees on implementing the reforms that have been initiated.
The Foreign Ministry’s development and humanitarian aid budget for the year 2008 is 60 million kroons.
A detailed description of this project and an overview of development co-operation projects of past years can be viewed on the Foreign Ministry’s website: http://www.vm.ee/est/kat_425/.
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